What shocked the censors! (1933)

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What Shocked the Censors \y "Why not be friendly to a lonesome fellow?" "Friendly, you say? Hot diggity!" "Where do you live? Near by?" "I did until I lost my key. Now I'm just a floating roomer" "Come on, let's have a drink." "Where? Every place is closed." "Oh, no, no. Aboard my ship. I'll pour some brandy." "O.K. Admiral. Water always did make me thirsty." "What's your name?" "Norma." "You're not English?" "No, I'm from America." "What part?" "All of me." "I am British. My name is Klaus van Leyden". "Sounds Dutch to me." "Ya, I was born in South Africa of Dutch parents. I'm a Boer." "You're a what?" "I'm a Boer." "You're the first guy I ever met who'd admit it." "Sense of humor, eh?" "fust a penny's worth." "I think I'm going to like you." "Ain't I the lucky girl?" "Skoal!" "Thank you." "Say, are you trying to get me drunk?" "I haven't got much time. Soon you must be going home." "Home? Say, you haven't got a mansion to spare, have you?" "I have one, but it is in Portesia." "Never heard of it." "Never heard of it? A wonderful country. What a climate. No wind, no rain, no fog — blue sky and sunshine — and life is so easy." "Say, are you selling real estate?" "Real estate? Why, I've got plenty of it. I'm the biggest land-owner there. Got great big golden corn fields, as far as your eye can see it's mine — all mine. Ya. Sometimes I ivonder what will happen if I should die and leave it all." "No family?" "No family:' "Why don't you buy yourself a kitchen stove and get married." "I never found a woman I could trust." "Maybe you're looking for a princess with a lotta dough." "With a lotta what?" "Money. Ever heard of it?" "I don't need any money. I've plenty of it myself. I'm one of the richest pearl traders." "Yeah? Either I'm being kidded or you're one of the luckiest guys in the world." 85